Heroes episode 3.07 “Eris Quod Sum“ Airdate: October 27, 2008
This episode comes on the heels of Entertainment Weekly’s harsh look at what is wrong with the series. But before we get to painting the big picture (or finding it), let’s first review/recap the current episode.
  Sylar to the rescue! Sylar comes to his brother’s rescue! We can all guess he took Peter’s place to get inside the company, and then slowed down his fall from the 7th floor. But I love how the episode led up to this. It seems that Angela’s powers are beyond merely dreaming or …read more

Heroes episode 3.06 “Dying of the Light“ Airdate: October 20, 2008
Even after the Level 5 fiasco, I never doubted that those who possess Sylar’s powers – him and Peter – can do the greatest harm. That is, until dad comes along. Arthur Petrelli is scary. He is now virtually unstoppable and everyone around him is dispensable.
But first let’s see what went down –
Knox took Adam Monroe in to see a bedridden, immovable Arthur Petrelli, and for the first time Adam was scared for his life. Arthur only had to touch him and Adam’s powers and life source …read more

Heroes episode 3.04 “I am become Death“Airdate: October 6, 2008
THIS is the episode that should get viewers hooked to future episodes! There are so many reveals and so many more questions. I’ll throw mine in later but now let’s look at what happened.
Tracy Strauss finds she’s one of identical triplets who became test subjects for DNA manipulation. A formula injected into them created their abilities. The other twins were Niki and a still-mysterious Barbara. Confused and desperate, Tracy attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge, and just in time Nathan swooped in to save her. Now …read more

This is the Milo Ventimiglia movie that makes CSI look like a stale imitation. That “Pathology” lacks subtlety is exactly what the directors and writers were aiming for – it’s what would have been like as the real thing.  It’s direction, actors, sets and the dead bodies were totally believable, and that’s why this medical thriller is not a film for the squeamish. Since I didn’t get to watch the movie when it went out, I checked out the DVD.
It also had a weird way of pulling the viewer (me) in, while keeping the stomach stay knotted the …read more

Heroes episode 3.03 “One of us, One of them“ Airdate: September 29, 2008
The Level 5 villains have escaped and the Company is scrambling to bring them back. They take a bank hostage and ringleader Benjamin Knox lures the Company to take revenge on Noah Bennet, the one who bagged and tagged them.
After being incarcerated inside his cell for who knows how long, Noah reported back to his employers purportedly to help capture the bad guys. He ends up being partnered with Sylar, who Angela Petrelli vouches for as her misunderstood son. It’s interesting what Angela told Noah when …read more

Heroes Premiere “The Second Coming/Butterfly Effect“ Aired: September 22, 2008
Tonight, at 9 pm ET, “Heroes” continues with the third episode “One of us, one of them“. But before we delve into the story, let’s look at highlights from last week’s 2-hour premiere “The Second Coming/Butterfly Effects” quickly.

Future Peter goes back to the present and shoots Nathan. He imprisons present Peter in the body of a Level 5 inmate, Jesse.
Sylar becomes invincible/immortal.  
Claire is alive, able to heal but unable to feel pain.
Claire’s mom Meredith arrives at the Bennets.
Linderman heals Nathan from the fatal gunshot wounds.
Tracy Strauss, …read more

Smallville episode 8.02 “Plastique“Airdate: September 25, 2008
Really, tonight’s episode has a very simple plot. But the cool thing about it is this episode laid out what the rest of the season is all about.
It’s Clark Kent’s first day as a Daily  Planet reporter, and a bus explosion puts the hero into a 911 mode. Clark helps several people to safety, and one of them is Tess Mercer, unknown to Clark at that time until later in the day when she introduces herself as the new boss at the Planet. Another survivor from the explosion is Bette Souci (Jessica …read more

Heroes episode 3.02 “Butterfly Effect“Airdate: September 22, 2008
As Angela Petrelli warned Peter, “step on a butterfly today, three years from now a million people are wiped out”. Who started a butterfly effect of events? Can it be stopped or are the pieces in place now for an inevitable future? Future Peter went back to the present to correct the mistakes that were made, but Angela’s dreams revealed that the future has now changed completely.
Future Peter hid present Peter in the body of a Level 5 prisoner – Jesse Murphy, and the former thought his alter-ego was safe. Well, …read more

Heroes episode 3.01 “The Second Coming“ Airdate: September 22, 2008
And you thought you couldn’t get excited over “Heroes” again, can you? The season 3 premiere proved everyone wrong that the show has lost its luster. Edge-of-the-seat suspense and cliffhangers from start to finish, that’s what we saw this Monday.

Four years into the future, and it’s still a darker world. Despite preventing New York from exploding and the Shanti virus from being released, the world is still on the brink of catastrophe. It may even be worse, as the heroes themselves have changed.
Volume 3 “Villains” opens with Claire Bennet …read more

“Transformers: Cybertron” The Ultimate CollectionReleased July 22, 2008Paramount Home Entertainment
This wasn’t anything like the ’80s “Transformers Animated“, for sure. And that’s the unfortunate truth.
“Transformers Cybertron (Robots in Disguise)” is the last of a three-part series (”Transformers: Armada” and “Transformers: Energon”) but since it makes no reference to the previous series new fans won’t be out of the loop.
The story. The continuous story arc opens with a massive black hole that threatens to destroy Cybertron, the home planet of the Transformers. The only means to close the black hole are the Omega Lock and its four Cyber Planet Keys, …read more